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Rogers vows to get tough on staff

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

Birmingham City Council’s chief executive has vowed to be tougher with his corporate leadership t...

Whitehall to examine cost of children's care

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

The Government will commission work to find out more about children’s services demand and expendi...

LPFA chair to lead fund's super pool

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

London mayor Boris Johnson has made a key appointment in his bid to drive forward consolidation a...

District council probe after mass grievance submission

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

Senior staff are at loggerheads with the management team at a district council that is subject to...

Campaigners could challenge councils over LOBO loans

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

Councils could face a raft of challenges to their annual accounts from campaigners against the us...

MP calls for council leaders to have London Assembly voting rights

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

London’s council leaders should be given the right to turn up and vote at a beefed-up London Asse...

Push for premier powers

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

Dan Peters reports from Bolton MBC where he spoke to new chief executive, Paul Najsarek, on how h...

West Midlands devo deal 'is the most complex yet'

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

West Midlands council chiefs were this week locked in talks with government trying to thrash out ...

Crunch devolution meeting to tackle mayor issue

By Dan Peters | 13 August 2015

West Midlands leaders are due to thrash out an agreement on an elected mayor for the region at a ...

Training tops local pension boards' agenda

By Dan Peters | 12 August 2015

Training is ‘high on the agenda’ of most local pension boards (LPB), a finance expert has suggest...